A skateboarder who died early New Year’s Day after being hit by a vehicle on New Year’s Eve in Lake Elsinore has been indentified.

Gerardo Garcia, 19, of Wildomar, was riding a skateboard just before 7 p.m. Dec. 31 on Lakeshore Drive west of Morton Avenue when he was hit by a sedan, the Riverside County coroner’s office said in a news release.

He was taken to Inland Valley Regional Medical Center in Wildomar, where he died at 4:03 a.m. Sunday.

The incident is being investigated by Riverside County sheriff’s deputies.